Weighted GPA: 4.52/5.0
Unweighted GPA: 4.0/4.0
Rank: Top 1% of class
SAT 1: 1520/1600 (780M | 740 R+W)
SAT 2(s): TBD (taking 3 in August Math II, US History, and World History)
Honors:
NHS
ECs:
Lacrosse (2x Captain, 3 years varsity)
Debate (Vice President, President 3 years, 7 tourney top 3s)
Model Government Organization (not getting too specific) (Secretary, Delegate in top committee, 3 years total)
Student Body President
President of Student Senate
Work Experience:
2 Internships with local investment firms (significant work experience)
Junior Year:
AP English 3
AP Physics 1
Honors Pre-Calc (school doesn’t allow students to take calc until senior year)
AP US History
Senior Year:
AP Calc BC
AP Physics C
AP English 4
AP Government
AP Econ (Macro and Micro)
Other AP taken:
AP Comparative Government
Letters of Recommendation: Should both be fairly strong
Essay: Should be decent/strong as I feel I can truly show my personality through my writing.
Major: Business
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income: Too high for FA
State: Texas
SMU is one of my top choices and I was just wondering how my chances are for a big merit scholarship.
should be highly competitive, will say i am rusty of the conversion between sat and act as it has changed since i took it, but they look at only those with a 34 act or higher/ the equivalent for sat. With student body president on that list be sure to also apply for the hunt leadership scholarship as it is a great way to mitigate the cost as well.
The Hunt Scholarship is not a full scholarship. Since the OP is a Texas resident, he would have to pay Texas in-state tuition plus room and board. Academic merit-based full ride scholarships (i.e., tuition and room and board) don’t exist at SMU, last I checked. Even if you received the full cost of tuition, you would still have to pay room, board, books, fees, and other costs. At SMU, that can be pretty hefty.
smu has a pres scholars program where everything is covered like i had a friend in it take 24 hours and he somehow got those extra hours covered - his room and board and books were covered too. He just had to buy them through the bookstore and they were charged to his account.